Question juridique clé
Whether Swiss CPC transitional provisions applied to the cantonal appeal against the cost-advance order
Solution extraite
The cantonal appeal was correctly assessed under the former Basel-Stadt civil procedure rules because the dispositive part of the lower decision was communicated before 1 January 2011.
Motifs extraits
For Art. 405 para. 1 CPC, the relevant date is the dispatch of the dispositive part, not the reasoned decision. The CPC was therefore not yet in force when the lower court decision was opened.